1956–57 Eerste Divisie

Inaugural season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 1956–57 ADO Den Haag Blauw-Wit Amsterdam New league EmmaEBOH From Eredivisie New league To Eredivisie ADO Den Haag Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 1730 3.60 1955–56 Hoofdklasse← 1955–56 Eerste Klasse 1957-58 The 1956–57 Eerste Divisie was the first season in the history of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The league had been divided in two, with an Eerste Divisie A and an Eerste Divisie B, each comprising 16 teams. The two champions, ADO Den Haag and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, were promoted to the Eredivisie, while the teams finishing last in each division, Emma and EBOH, both of Dordrecht, were relegated to the Tweede Divisie. The composition of the league was based on the results of the previous season. The teams that had finished 10th to 18th in the Hoofdklasse A and Hoofdklasse B, then the country's highest tiers, and 14 teams from the Eerste Klasse were placed in the Eerste Divisie. Eerste Divisie A main WDL PR y 2 ADO ADO Den Haag ALK Alkmaar '54 LIM Limburgia XER Xerxes SVV SVV HVC HVC H55 Helmondia '55 HAA HFC Haarlem VSV VSV GRA De Graafschap WAG FC Wageningen RJC Roda Sport KFC KFC VLW De Volewijckers DWS DWS EMM Emma 20 7 3 89 35 15 8 7 75 52 13 11 6 50 37 14 9 7 57 46 14 7 9 60 46 13 8 9 70 62 11 10 9 45 50 9 12 9 54 47 11 8 11 44 45 8 11 11 44 55 8 10 12 55 60 10 6 14 48 60 10 5 15 56 64 9 7 14 52 64 6 9 15 37 63 2 6 22 30 80 green1 Promoted to Eredivisie P inherit Moved to Eerste-B EB EB EB EB EB EB EB red1 Relegated to Tweede Divisie R complete rsssf.com Match table main FBR grey ADO ALK DWS EMM GRA HAA H55 HVC KFC LIM RJC SVV VLW VSV WAG XER ADO Den Haag 3–1 3–0 10–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 6–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 5–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 Alkmaar '54 0–3 2–2 2–0 5–2 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 5–1 5–2 2–4 4–3 1–2 1–1 5–1 DWS 1–5 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–5 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–4 Emma 1–2 2–4 3–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–6 1–4 0–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 5–1 1–2 De Graafschap 6–4 3–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 6–1 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 HFC Haarlem 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 3–3 5–1 2–2 1–4 0–0 4–0 0–1 Helmondia '55 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–6 HVC 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 6–5 3–2 3–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 1–5 1–3 1–1 KFC 0–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 6–2 1–3 2–3 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 Limburgia 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 0–0 1–4 Rapid JC 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 4–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 SVV 3–4 4–5 1–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 3–2 De Volewijckers 3–3 1–4 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 VSV 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 FC Wageningen 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 4–3 1–1 2–2 6–4 0–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 6–1 2–2 Xerxes 1–0 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 complete rsssf.com Eerste Divisie B main WDL PR y 2 BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam VSV Stormvogels DFC DFC VOL FC Volendam RCH Racing Club Heemstede SIT Sittardia VIT Vitesse Arnhem HER Hermes DVS EXC SBV Excelsior ADO SHS HEL VV Helmond RIG Rigtersbleek EDO EDO FVL Fortuna Vlaardingen AGO AGOVV Apeldoorn EBO EBOH 22 3 5 74 30 19 7 4 68 38 15 8 7 66 49 14 7 9 69 50 12 11 7 49 38 13 6 11 64 50 11 9 10 52 41 12 7 11 62 58 7 15 8 36 41 9 10 11 58 59 11 4 15 53 64 8 10 12 48 65 8 6 16 47 71 7 7 16 42 63 8 5 17 46 70 3 7 20 30 77 green1 Promoted to Eredivisie P inherit Moved to Eerste-A EA EA EA EA EA EA EA red1 Relegated to Tweede Divisie R complete rsssf.com Match table main FBR grey AGO BWA DFC EBO EDO EXC FVL HEL HER RCH RIG SHS SIT STO VIT VOL AGOVV Apeldoorn 1–8 1–3 2–0 6–4 0–0 3–2 5–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 5–1 DFC 4–1 3–2 5–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–0 3–1 EBOH 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–4 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 EDO 3–1 3–2 1–4 4–2 3–3 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–3 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 SBV Excelsior 5–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 Fortuna Vlaardingen 4–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 VV Helmond 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–3 2–2 5–2 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–5 Hermes DVS 3–0 1–0 2–4 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 5–2 0–3 3–1 5–3 Racing Club Heemstede 2–1 2–5 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 Rigtersbleek 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 7–2 4–2 3–3 0–2 3–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–4 SHS 3–1 3–4 4–4 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–3 2–4 4–3 2–0 Sittardia 2–2 1–2 3–1 6–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 5–4 4–2 3–0 4–0 4–3 1–4 1–2 3–0 Stormvogels 3–1 1–5 4–3 5–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–2 7–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 2–1 Vitesse Arnhem 1–0 1–1 6–1 5–0 6–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–5 1–2 1–1 FC Volendam 4–0 1–0 4–5 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–2 3–3 complete rsssf.com See also 1956–57 Eredivisie 1956–57 Tweede Divisie References RSSSF Category:Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth